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Lebanon, MO - October 3, 2005 -- Brian Esther, president, Commerce Bank, Lebanon, recently announced that Ryan Jones has joined Commerce as commercial lending officer. Jones transferred to Lebanon from the company's St. Louis region where he served as trainee in the bank's Corporate Banking Development program. In his new position, he is responsible for business development and relationship management related to Commerce's full line of banking, borrowing and treasury management solutions for commercial clients.
A 2003 graduate of Drury University, Springfield, with a bachelor's of arts degree in business administration, Jones is pursuing a masters of business administration degree with an emphasis in finance at Missouri State University, Springfield.
A volunteer for several not-for-profit organizations, including Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity, Jones participated in a middle school mentoring program and was a member of the golf team while attending Drury.
About Commerce Bank
Commerce Bank is the principal subsidiary of Commerce Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBSH), a $14.1 billion regional bank holding company. For more than 139 years, Commerce has been meeting the financial services needs of individuals and businesses. Commerce provides a diversified line of financial services, including business and personal banking, wealth management and estate planning and investments through its affiliated companies. Commerce currently operates in approximately 330 locations in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas. Commerce also has operating subsidiaries involved in mortgage banking, credit related insurance, venture capital and real estate activities.
For more information contact:
Susan Kirkman
Commerce Regional Marketing Manager
417-837-5333
Website: www.commercebank.com
e-mail: mymoney@commercebank.com
SYMBOL: CBSH
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